The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-01
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL


In Brief
Licenses TO marry we're issued yesterday TO Peter
Hellman and Mary Hoffman, John w. Redmond and
Mary Dav.
In the case Of the Central Trust Company against
Butler has just paid claims ordered by decree of
court amounting 70 100000
Deputy Sheriff Smith. Of Bartholomew county.
rived in the last night with Charles ST Clair the
fugitive murderer and he left in the county Jail
over night. He denies the crime, and says he can
prove that Tate the alleged TO have been killed,
is living yet
CHILDREN INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Two children Of Mr.. Daniel c. Hit yesterday. by
some means got large quantity of powder in a tin
can and threw burning coal into it, causing
pIoson which seriously burned them about the face
and eyes. The Oldest boy will probably lose both
eyes. DIR. Purman, the attending physician, thinks
the eyes Of the younger child can be saved.
INQUIRIES ABOUT A LoNG-LosT FATHER
The county clerk has received litter from Miss
Emily Edwards, Of Emma, White county. Illinois,
asking If there a in Marion county by the
name Of Samuel Edwards. Her father. by that name.
entered the and has been heard from since
that he was residing in this city He left two chill
dren, twins, girl and boy. when he entered the
service. The boy is married the letter says, and
SIDES in Kentucky.
NEwLY-INcoRPoRATED GAS COMPANIES.
Articles of association were filed with the Secretary
OF State, yesterday, by the Cowan Exploring Com
pany. of Cowan Delaware county to bore for and
ingen, president; VIM. T. Driscol secretary; Andrew
J. Fleming. treasurer and Milton r. Harris, superin
tendent. The Irvngton Naturagas Company also
filed articles the capital stock is 1000 and the di-
rectors are O. b. Cones. Levi Ritter, Scot Butler,
Thos. f. Hibben and Sylvester Johnson.
STOLE a HORSE TO SPECULATE ON.
Last Thursday night horse and carpenters wagon
belonging TO James NJ. Sinks stolen. Yesterday
afternoon the officers found the horse and wagon in
the possession of Moses Gaunt thirteen-year. old
boy, near Coffin & Greenstreets porkhouse. The boy
he CTOhf fhA FaYfr fr1T YIN INCH
ffteenyearold colored boy for old revolver and 30
cents in money He arrested for receiving stolen
goods and afterward the Baugh boy for the stealing
The Baugh boy acknowledged he stole the horse and
said he drove it away 70 speculate on.
THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR GORDON.
At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon the funeral pro-
cession conveying the body of the late Major Jona
than W. Gordon left the Grand Hotel The remains
were escorted by the military band Of Robert Ander-
son Post, q. A. RI number of Mexican veterans,
eighty members Of George Ii. Thomas Post g. A. r.,
the family, relatives and friends to the Second Pres
byteran Church, where the services conducted
by Rev. James Mcleod and Love H. Jameson.
considerable portion of the audience at the church
composed of members of the indianapolis bar.
At the of the family that everything connect
ed with the service should he simple possible,
there were floral decorations. The services
sisted OF prayer one two hymns, the reading of
short passage of Scripture, and few remarks The
remains then taken to Crown Hill Cemetery.
FOOLISH WIDOWS Loss.
Julia A. West. of Seymour, was a complainant at
divorced from her husband. John Hans in Browns
For the last year she has been assocatng with
John Bishop. married man, residing at No. 667
Madison Last Wednesday she drew PEN
sion amounting 81 %, allowed account of her
father being killed in the war. and Bishop persuaded
her go on a trip with him. They went to Cincinnati
and spent night, and from thore to Louisville.
Bishop was given the money to carry. They left
Louisville for this city Friday morning, and Mrs.
West stopped off at Seymour TO pack her trunks pre-
paratory TO coming here to reside The arrangements
for Bishop to meet her at Columbus yesterday
morning She was there, but ae was not. She
to this city and ascerained that he had left
with the 81 100.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES FOR ALDERMEN.
The aldermanic nominating conventions of the
Democrats held in all the districts but the third
last night, There not much of contest in any
of the districts and nearly all the nominations
made by reclamation. They were as follows: First
district-Humphrey Harrington and Edward..A
Mesker. Second district-John :. Crosby and Frank
Maus. Fourth dstrict--.Henry Laut and Tim
Julius Reinecke Harrington, nominated in the First
district is m1chinst in the Atlas works. and Mes
ker is telegraph operator. In the Second Crosby is
the present incumb bent and Maus is the well known
man and Tno on n earEa o. the iser Of sbsp
King. John kali in the Fifth. is the superintendent
Reinecke is the present councilman from the Twenty
second wsId.
THE woMANs SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
The second annual convention Of the Indiana Ma
tonal Woman Suffrage Association viii be held in the
The convention will be organized Tuesday afternoon
o'clock and the first business in order will be the
Eeeeivng of reports of delegates. In the evening
MEress will be delivered by Miss Susan B. Anthony
and Mrs Helen NJ. Cougar w Will speak on ..Woman
o'clock, the delegates will meet in the Bates House
parlors. In the afternoon there will be addresses by
Mrs. Alice Waugh. Mr.. Oglesby, of Tipton Mrs.
Balch of Frankfort: Miss Anthony and others. In the
the subject ''Wo-nais Ballot Necessity" and Mrs.
Elizabeth Boynton Harbert of Evanston. H., on "A
Worthless Government" An address will also be de-
Hvered by Mrs May Wright Sewall. reception will
he held in the Bates House parorS from 4:3O to $50
o'clock
THE EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES.
The measles epidemic is the most extensive Indian
apolis has had for forty years said DIR. S. E. carp
secretary of the city health board last evening but
few deaths from many of sickness were
never known before 1t is difficult tell just when
demonstrates the careful work of the physic
Of the city" The epidemic began to develop about
April l. and the orders flag issued April IL.
The total number Of reported since that date
752 with twelve fatalities The number of cases re-
ported during the last week has exceeded that of
previous week, being 3S7, with four deaths Sixty
two reported yesterday, but deaths.
For the last days the heath officers have besn de-
voting ali their attention to the disease and it is
through their efforts mainly that the death has
been kept down. At the request of the health board
the Police Commissioners detailed patrolrnen
John kuehn and Michael Mahom to assist the sani-
tary officers They began work with the board yester
day.
Items from the Courts.
SUING THE BELT ROAD FOR DAMAGES
On May "a 1885. Fred Gessler was crossing the